The ninth day of February in the first year of Chongzhen.

Taihe Gate. Morning.

Before the beginning of the early dynasty, the ministers first sang a poem collectively once, the title of which was Wen Tianxiang's "Song of Righteousness", and then began the early dynasty. This time the singing is much more neat and imposing than the previous time, and it is estimated that it has been rehearsed in private.

Yang's inspiration for reform actually came from engaging in pyramid schemes. Tell a lie a thousand times, ten thousand times, and your head will be cleaned. Therefore, there is also the matter of "singing" when the minister goes to court. The purpose is to "brainwash" the ministers.

Then it's time to start the discussion.

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Yang Gai sat on the "dragon chair" in a daze. Underground was a group of courtiers who were deliberating. There are many discussions and quarrels about whether to increase the salary. Yang Reform was in front of him a group of irrigation parties on BBS, posting and speaking were purely meaningless, and the sound was also used as the "croaking" sound of the renovation of the house next door, which was directly blocked.

Yang Gai said yesterday that after visiting the new army, he suddenly had a lot of understanding, the first is that the military must be vigorously grasped, to put it bluntly, it is to train the new army, and to deepen the education of loyalty, and the second silver must be stepped up time, otherwise even his own martial artists will be their own gravediggers in the future.

As long as you have money, you can train as many new troops as you want, you don't need to report to anyone, you don't need to get anyone's consent, you can buy as many muskets as you want, you can buy as many cannons as you want, you can build as many battleships as you want, and you don't need to look at anyone's face. That's the benefit of being an emperor.

As long as the ministers give them silver, or don't ask them for silver, they won't care what you do, whether you are a carpenter or a Taoist priest at home.

Yang Gengai thought about it boringly, and suddenly found that the entire hall was quiet, there was no sound, and all the ministers were looking at him with blank eyes.

Yang Gengai asked, "Huh! Why are you all looking at me? I don't have any flowers on my face, hehe, what's going on? ”

The ministers are not angry, and they say in their hearts that you are really interesting as the emperor, we have been spitting down our saliva for a long time, and it took us a long time to spit, you are good, sitting on it in a daze for a long time, and our saliva is in vain. I knew that I wouldn't have worked so hard to perform.

An old minister played: "Your Majesty, the ministers and others are discussing the issue of increasing Liao's salary, and their opinions are different and cannot be unified, please ask the emperor to make a holy ruling!" ”

"Holy Judge? Salary? Didn't I just get two million taels of silver from my inner money a few days ago? What, it's spent so quickly? ”

"Your Majesty, the two million taels of silver allocated by the emperor's internal funds are being allocated, this is to settle the arrears accumulated over the years, and the discussion of increasing the Liao salary is just to meet the needs of the Eastern Captives, and the emperor can't always use the internal funds to support it!" This old minister said a fair word, this salary is definitely not what Chongzhen can pay now.

For example, a soldier needs to spend one tael of silver (food, salary) a month, which is twelve taels a year, and 1,200,000 taels a year for 100,000 soldiers, not counting the money spent on equipment and training, as well as burning, pensions, rewards, officers, military alms, etc., don't want to fill the pit of 100,000 sergeants without two million taels a year. What's more, there are no less than 100,000 soldiers in Liaodong, and there are troops from other directions? Chongzhen's internal money, no matter how much he is, he can't resist it.

"Well, I understand what Aiqing said, but I also understand what the salary is about, and I think everyone also understands where the salary is finally added. I won't say much, you Aiqing should think of other ways. "Yang Reform vetoed the matter of raising salaries, and the increase in salaries has always been added to those already very poor and suffering households, scholars, the landlord class has nothing to do with this matter, this is to force those people to rebel! At that time, the war outside the gate has not subsided, and the inside of the gate will be a pot of porridge. So Yang Gengai wisely vetoed this matter.

The hall was silent! All the ministers were silent, the emperor's words were not wrong, and everyone knew that the salary was added there. Don't talk about it anymore. Let's talk about the rest. It seems that this emperor is also a door Qing, so it's not easy to fool!

Yang Gai suddenly said: "I see that all of you Aiqing are tired, so let's talk about other things with you Aiqing today, and relax your mood...... Yesterday, I watched the "Kunyu Wanguo Quantu", and occasionally thought, if the earth is really round, how can people stand on it? Or is it? Starting from a certain seaport in Daming, driving towards a place over the years, will you return to the original place? ”？ Is the Earth round? The ministers on the ground were all dumbfounded, this elite of scholars and doctors in the Ming Dynasty couldn't understand that our elites have always only talked about the Four Books and Five Classics, poems and songs, etc., as for the earth is round? Does it have anything to do with us? The question of the ship heading towards a place will return to the original place, and this question seems too, too what? It's so far away! It's really beyond our consideration, all we think about is to charge a few more buckets of rent, raise two concubines, drink a glass of wine, raise a few children, and beat the children when we are idle on rainy days. How round the land is or how wide the sea is is not something for us to consider.

"Above." Yang Gai said.

The little eunuch below ran out quickly. Standing in front of the ministers, a huge map was unfurled. This is the famous "Kunyu Wanguo Quantu", the original and genuine. It's basically close to modern maps. It is a relatively complete and credible map. It can be seen from here that there has been a gap between the science and technology of the East and the West, and the Western technology has begun to catch up with the East at this time, and there is a technology that surpasses the East.

The ministers below discussed a lot, and Yang Reform said: "All Aiqing, although I claim to be the Son of Heaven, I didn't expect that this world is so big, even if I am the Son of Heaven, known as the Lord of the World, rich all over the world, I only get one of them, but I sigh how ridiculous and ignorant the name of the Son of Heaven is......"

"Wait for ten thousand deaths......" knelt on the ground again. The emperor actually said that his title of the Son of Heaven was in vain, which made the ministers feel embarrassed!

"Alas, what I actually think is not that the name of this Son of Heaven does not match the truth, I am thinking, there are so many lands in the world, why not move the people of my Heavenly Dynasty to the past, firstly, to alleviate the suffering of the lack of land in our Celestial Dynasty, and secondly, it can be regarded as opening up the territory. What do you think? In the future, we will open up the territory, and all Aiqing will also be famous in history! What do you think? ...... "Yang reformed only to test the reaction of civilian officials, and did not report any hope for immigration and the opening of Xinjiang. This can be seen from the fact that the civil official group burned Zheng He's charts to the West.

"The emperor can't, the overseas land is a barbarian land, and there is a plague everywhere, how can you immigrate to the past? I'm afraid it's a life of nine deaths! Why does Your Majesty bother those poor families? ”

"The emperor can't, at present, the military budget is still beyond his means, how can he afford the silver taels needed for immigration?" Another minister also hurriedly stopped it, presumably from the household department, and was more sensitive to money.

"The emperor can't, my heavenly kingdom is a state of etiquette, how can I start a war for a small piece of land, causing misery to the living? What about ruining other people's pilgrimage? "It is estimated that this person is old and confused, a typical cruel guy inside and outside, his own family is about to starve to death, and he also thinks about whether other people's families will have food. If the United States in the 21st century had such a feeling, Saddam Hussein would cry and say that I really don't have a "weapon of mass destruction." Between countries, apart from interests? Anything else?

"The emperor can't ......"

"Your Majesty! ……”

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As Yang imagined, opposition is one-sided. Yang Gengai couldn't help but sigh, thinking, the pressure is too great! Even if he is an emperor, there is nothing he can do in the face of so much opposition! There's no way, my waist is not hard enough! If he were Zhu Yuanzhang or Zhu Di, it is estimated that he would not have so many troubles, and he could build a few more Zheng He fleets to go to North America to watch the Indians.

Yang Gai spoke again, pretending to laugh and said: "I know that this matter is not possible, so I don't plan to do it yet, it's just that I heard that overseas, there are high-yield crops, if you can get back my Ming Dynasty, it will be regarded as a merit, but you can live countless lives, and it is really a living Bodhisattva that everyone in the world supports." ”

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty is talking about overseas sweet potatoes, which are indeed quite high-yield crops." A minister came out and played.

"Well, exactly, Aiqing knows these things?" Yang Reform's voice was filled with joy, this has finally met a "good person", really a good person! Isn't that what you're doing? With these few things, in the bad weather at the end of the Ming Dynasty, it is possible to live more people and create fewer rebels.

"Your Majesty, I don't know, but I have heard Xu Zixian say it, but I haven't seen it with my own eyes, it is said that Xu Shaobao has grown sweet potatoes on the spot." The minister reported.

"Xu Guangqi?" Yang Reform understood, the Xu Zixian he said was Xu Guangqi, who had recently recalled the dynasty, and he also added the name of Shaobao to him, which is a bit different from history, and Shaobao was added after his death. However, there is another difference, because the Wei case has not been decided, the cabinet and the ministers of the ministries and other ministers are not large, Yang Reform has not made a big move, and Yang Reform is not ready to kill, so many of them have been retained and continue to be officials, so Xu Guangqi was supposed to be the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, but it was not done, so Yang Reform gave a young protector the honorific title, which is considered compensation.

"I know this, Xu Shaobao has personally planted sweet potatoes, and I also know that you Aiqing should learn more from Xu Shaobao! However, I have also heard that there are other high-yield crops overseas, and I am ready to send warriors to follow the old path taken by the eunuchs of the Three Treasures, and move forward again, all the way in one direction, first, to verify that the earth is a circle, and second, to record the local products, especially crops, and select excellent seeds to bring back to our dynasty and alleviate the food shortage in our dynasty, and third, I really want to experience the exotic customs, but I can't get out of this Forbidden City, even if I can get out of the Forbidden City, I can't get out of this capital, so, I can only recruit warriors to go for me, record the scenery and people along the way, and quench my longing. Of course, this matter can be regarded as my private matter, and I will not embarrass you Aiqing, nor will I ask for money from the household department, I am ready to pay from the internal treasury, recruit some warriors, and build a few big ships......"

Follow the old path of the Three Treasure Eunuchs and move forward again to prove that this world is a round ball. This somewhat surprised the ministers, thinking that this emperor is really full of food and support, but it has nothing to do with us, just do it, at least you don't want to send someone out to find the immortals, we can't care. However, when they heard that they were looking for high-yield drought-resistant crop seeds, everyone felt that although the emperor was messing around, he had also done a good thing, at least better than the carpenter. The most important thing is not to pay for the household, that's good, what you do, you are the emperor, no one cares about you, just let it be.

As a result, all the ministers proclaimed "goodness." Yang reformed the matter of recruiting warriors and building a big ship to go to sea, of course, this money had to be paid by himself, which was a private matter of the emperor.

Therefore, the emperor ordered to recruit the world's skilled craftsmen to build big ships to go to sea in Tianjin, and recruiting the world's warriors to explore for the emperor became the "news" of the Ming Dynasty. Another pebble was thrown into the stagnant water of the Ming Dynasty, stirring up so many layers of small waves.